Contact & Staff Information

Main Email: sklrship@uci.edu

Telephone: (949) 824-0189

Fax: (949) 824-9761

Mail:

Scholarship Opportunities Program
193 Science Library
Irvine, CA 92697-5695

Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday, 9am-5pm, Friday, 9am-4pm (during the academic school year).

Our office is located in the 1st floor of the Science Library, in the Center for Excellence in Writing & Communication.

Note: Due to the Writing Center's study area being frequently crowded, we ask that you not bring in any wheeled transportation devices, such as skateboards or scooters. This policy is to ensure the safety of our staff and visitors. Thank you for helping us keep our workplace accident-free!

Rose Jones

Director | rjones@uci.edu

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Dr. Rose Jones oversees the activities of UCI's Scholarship Opportunities Program, which encourages and supports high-achieving undergraduates and recent alumni in applying for 17 nationally and internationally prestigious, merit-based scholarships. She holds a doctorate from UC Irvine, while her M.A. and B.A. both come from the University of Kansas. Before becoming an Anteater, she was a Research Fellow at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet in Heidelberg, Germany, through a DAAD Research Grant. A strong proponent of higher education, she has taught in multiple departments across the UCI campus. Dr. Jones is also Director of UCI's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most prestigious honor society (https://phibetakappa.uci.edu/).

Courtney Santos

Scholarship Advisor & Writing Specialist | cjsantos@uci.edu

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Courtney earned a MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts from UC Riverside, a BA in English from UC Irvine, and a Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) from UCI Extension. A low-income transfer student, she was the first in her family to attend college. Prior to becoming a Writing Specialist in 2014, she provided comprehensive administrative support to major research projects at the Digital Media & Learning Research Hub at UC Humanities Research Institute and at the Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UCI. These positions honed her skills in grant writing, information literacy, writing for academic publications, and public-facing communications. In her first three years at SOP, Courtney expanded the participation of international and undocumented students and developed new online resources to support scholarship applicants. As of 2018, Courtney has served as primary Scholarship Advisor for recipients of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants, the Goldwater Scholarship, the Strauss Scholarship, the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and an alternate and a finalist for Schwarzman Scholars.

Brendan Park

Scholarship Advisor & Writing Specialist | brendanp@uci.edu

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Park earned his MFA in Creative Writing, Fiction, from UC Irvine in 2014 and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the College of Wooster. He has worked extensively as a lecturer at UCI, teaching all courses in the 39 series, upper-division writing courses and Academic English, and creative writing and craft classes. His rich and varied experience working with students on their writing led him eventually to the Center for Excellence in Writing and Communication, where he began working as a Writing Specialist in 2017 and soon transitioned to the Scholarship Opportunities Program, where he is continually excited to support students in pursuing their dreams. He has served as either primary or secondary advisor for applicants across a wide variety of disciplines, interests, and awards, including a number of winners and finalists.

Brenda Fisher

Office Manager | blfisher@uci.edu

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Sophia Baluyot Donaire

Student Advisor | sklrship@uci.edu

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Sophia is a second year biological sciences major, a student advisor at the Scholarship Opportunities Program, and a Walrus peer tutor in the Writing Center. Some of her accomplishments include obtaining a Disney Scholarship and becoming a finalist for the Nora Folkenflik Essay award. As a student staff member, she wishes to direct students toward exploring all possibilities for their careers during and after their undergrad years.

Anjali Nambiar

Student Advisor | sklrship@uci.edu

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Anjali is a first-year biological sciences major at UC Irvine. In addition to learning about the intricacies of living organisms, she loves reading everything from dystopian literature to philosophy and enjoys writing poetry and short stories, as well. She is excited to be assisting students in the scholarship application process and introducing them to the wealth of resources SOP provides to the campus community.

Aline Pham

Student Advisor | sklrship@uci.edu

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Christian Robles

Student Advisor | sklrship@uci.edu

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Christian is a third-year at the University of California, Irvine, double majoring in Psychological Sciences and Education Sciences. He was born and raised in San Diego California. Christian is passionate about mentorship and student affairs. Throughout his experience at UCI, he has had the opportunity to serve, guide, lead, and mentor students of all ages. From being a tutor, to a resident advisor, to a discussion leader, Christian is now proud and happy to be part of the SOP team, ready to assist students in the application process and help them navigate and explore the plentiful amount of resources SOP and UCI has to offer.

Keefer Hurley

Lead Student Advisor
Marketing and Communications Development Admin | sklrship@uci.edu

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Keefer Hurley is a third-year transfer student majoring in English with an emphasis in marketing and communications through a minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UCI. As a marketing and communications intern for the Scholarship Opportunities Program and Phi Beta Kappa, Keefer is looking forward to bringing his prior experience working with marketing media to the team. Having worked as an English and writing tutor for several years, Keefer also specializes in student advising for both SOP and PBK.

Richard Magdaluyo

Marketing and Communications Development Admin | sklrship@uci.edu

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